Pecha Kucha is the new presentation craze designed for creative people who love to talk. We ran our first Show & Tell event in March, with eight brief winners presenting to a crowd of members. Here’s what happened…
In the creative industries, you often hear that it’s not what you know; it’s who you know.
At the IdeasTap “Spa” we’ve got both covered – and that’s why we’re bringing people together with our Show & Tell events, inspired by the Japanese Pecha Kucha (“chit-chat”) craze. In Pecha Kucha, a speaker talks about 20 images for 20 seconds each. Our first Show & Tell in March saw eight brief winners “chit-chat” about the topics that most inspired them – it's an exciting new forum for our members to meet and share ideas. After all, they don’t call us a creative network for nothing.
The pitches were engaging and varied, taking on broad subjects from Dominic Simpson’s photo-tour of an abandoned hospital in east Germany to an introductory teaser from The Barber Shop Morons, which gave us an amusing insight into the sitcom the three IdeasTap members are developing.
In her pitch, Art and Advertisement in Practice, Tereza Haszprunarova seamlessly filled 400 seconds with a moody and stylish exposé of the patterns within advertising. Rachel Birch Lawson also made the most out of the form by developing a neat argument in her piece Lost in Translation?, which criticised the exclusive “language” of dance, and pushed for a revolution of thought.
As for the rest of the members at the event: they could relax, enjoy the presentations (and the wine, of course) and make connections with fellow creatives.
“Personally, I feel it’s the best event I’ve organised,” said The Spa’s Events and Programmes Manager, Will Davies. “It’s something new. We created a comfortable, open forum with a relaxed and supportive environment. Connections were being made, which people can develop.”
Will’s enthusiasm was echoed by the IdeasTap members who attended the event:
Olivia Humphreys: “[It was] inspiring to hear about lots of different projects in different disciplines [and] great to go to an event that kept things concise and didn’t drag on.”
Jaclyn Hunter: “It was a fun evening and met some great people. I love everything to do with art, but I really enjoyed the variety of topics and being exposed to some other subjects that I would not normally have been [exposed to].”
Rhys Cook: “An enjoyable and informative event.”
Missed our first Show & Tell? Head to our new brief and tell us what you can bring to our next event in May.
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